Quotes By George Osborne

They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.

Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state.

The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

Autism is a very serious condition.

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.

I'm not going out to parties every night.

It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress.

Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.

I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit.

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.

I believe in public services.

Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

I will listen to any argument put to me.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.